Jar attachment.



Patented Apr. 8, I902.

G. E. BATEMAN.

JAR ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed May 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE E. BATEMAN, OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

JAR ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,314, dated April 8,1902.

Application filed May 31, 1901. $erial No. 62,608. (No model.)

To all 1071,0127 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnonon E. BATEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks and State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in JarAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Display bottles, jars, and like articles having stands frequently meetwith disaster, break show-cases upon which they are usually placed, andmar polished surfaces by being placed thereon unless handled withexceeding care. These bottles and jars are exten sively used indrug-stores; hence the advantage of providing an attachment forcooperation therewith to avoid the above-noted objections and suchothers as arise from the use of this class of receptacles.

The invention consists of a ring or band, of rubber or elastic material,of tubular form, having a split in its inner side for separation of theupper and lower parts to receive the edge portion of the stand to whichthe ring may be fitted. This ring constitutes a protector,noise-deadener, and cushion.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective view of a jar, showing the application of the invention.Fig. 2 is a detail section of the lower or stand portion of the jar orreceptacle having the attachment in position. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a detail section, on a larger scale,of the attachment and stand.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The attachment is designed to be applied to a bottle, jar, or otherreceptacle having a stand, and for the sake of illustration the jar 1shown has been selected. The attachment is fitted to the edge portion ofthe stand 2 and embraces the upper and lower sides and the edge thereof,as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2.

The attachment consists of a ring or band 3, of rubber or other elasticmaterial, and is of tubular construction, the inner rim or edge beingsplit, as shown at 4., to admit of separation of the upper and lowerparts of the tube bordering upon the split for the reception of the edgeportion of the stand 2. The ring or band may be formed in any desiredway and may consist of a length of tubing bent into a circle and havingits ends joined in any convenient way, the inner edge portion beingsplit either before the ends are joined or subsequent to the unionthereof.

The attachment will be provided in Various sizes and being of tubularformation admits of the upper and lower parts firmly clamping the upperand lower sides of the stand with out necessitating material stretchingof the ring. A jar or other receptacle to be fitted with the attachmenthas the latter stretched slightly when fitted to the stand, this beingnecessary in order to admit of the edge portion of the stand enteringthe space incased by the tube. When selecting a ring, the best resultsare attained by using one having its outside diameter approximating thediameter of the stand, as thereby a maximum amount of material isprovided to form a cushion to come between the stand and the surfaceupon which the jar or receptacle may be placed. The attachment acts as anoise-deadener, cushions the blow incident to placing the jar orreceptacle upon the surface, and prevents marring or scratching thesurface of highlypolished counters and the like when placing a jarthereon in a careless manner or moving the same by a sliding action overthe surface.

The device being of tubular form provides air-spaces a above and belowthe stand when in position, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Incombination with the stand of a jar or like article having a foot orrim, an elastic ring or band of tubular form having its innercircumference split and forced apart to grip opposite sides of the edgeportion of the stand or part placed between them, the upper and lowerparts oppositely curving and forming air-spaces, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. BATEMAN. [L. s]

WVitnesses:

JOHN Znnnnss, J12, CHAS. P. TREIAINN.

